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  • 24 Apr 2012
    Capitalism: have we had enough?

    The Rev Dr Giles Fraser, Priest-in-Charge at St Mary Newington in London, and formerly Canon at St Paul’s Cathedral, is taking part in a chaired discussion on the future of capitalism in the aftermath of Occupy at St Paul's.

  • 19 Jan 2012
    Occupy court verdict: 'You cannot evict an idea'

    The OLSX High Court ruling comes on the heels of the failed attempt by the Metropolitan Police to clear the entire Parliament Square protest camp.

  • 27 Oct 2011
    The City, finance and human obligations

    A new survey is about to be released concerning the values of those who work in the financial services industry. Giles Fraser, who has resigned as Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral over threats to forcibly evict Occupy anti-corporate greed protesters, says that mutual obligations are a more important guide to financial ethics than trading heavily mediated by technology and less and less reliant on direct human contact.

  • 27 Oct 2011
    Cathedral canon chancellor resigns over eviction threats

    Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor of St Paul's, has resigned his post over threats to forcibly evict Occupy protesters from the Cathedral site.

  • 16 Oct 2011
    St Paul's chancellor says police should leave protesters alone

    The canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral in London has asked the police to leave the area occupied by protesters against corporate greed.

  • 14 Jul 2008
    Overcome fear, urges gay bishop as protestor disrupts sermon

    The openly gay Anglican Bishop of New Hampshire in the USA has spoken today of his sadness for a protester who interrupted his sermon on Sunday - urging Christians to overcome prejudice and fear with love.

  • 3 Mar 2008
    Fairness, trade and free market ideology

    Free market ideologues have used Fairtrade Fortnight to attack what they regard as counter-productive do-gooding, says Simon Barrow. But what does freedom mean in economic terms, and is fairness something to be left wholly to markets?

  • 7 Apr 2007
    The Passover message of radical freedom

    Giles Fraser says that Christianity should recapture the liberating core of its message - in partnership with its Jewish friends

  • 20 Mar 2007
    How the Bible was used to justify slavery

    Giles Fraser reflects on John Newton’s painful conversion from uncritical theology

  • 9 Mar 2007
    Giving fundamentalism a secular boost

    Giles Fraser laments the unlikely alliance between some vociferous atheists and religious fundamentalism